See them vindicated from the suspicion of Montanism, by O{}, Vindicæ Act.

Of Montanism, of the Paschal controversy, of the developed Gnostic heresies of this period, it says nothing.

Montanism appeared whilst Gnosticism was yet in its full strength, and this gloomy fanaticism created intense agitation.

Rome's position was a protest against Montanism.

Contents: Tertullian and Montanism.

{55} Montanism was a fierce apocalyptic creed which painted a fearsome portrait of God.

This terrible creed appealed to a latent extremism in the Christian spirit: Montanism spread like wildfire in Phrygia, Thrace, Syria and Gaul.